J.K. Rowling's screenwriting debut is captured in this exciting hardcover edition of the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them screenplay.

When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends his stay to be just a brief stopover. However, when his magical case is misplaced and some of Newt's fantastic beasts escape, it spells trouble for everyone…

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them marks the screenwriting debut of J.K. Rowling, author of the beloved and internationally bestselling Harry Potter books. Featuring a cast of remarkable characters, this is epic, adventure-packed storytelling at its very best.

Whether an existing fan or new to the wizarding world, this is a perfect addition to any reader's bookshelf.

Title: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original ScreenplaySerie: --Author: J.K. RowlingPublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupPages: 294Publication Date: November 19th, 2016

Synopsis:

J.K. Rowling's screenwriting debut is captured in this exciting hardcover edition of the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them screenplay.

When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends his stay to be just a brief stopover. However, when his magical case is misplaced and some of Newt's fantastic beasts escape, it spells trouble for everyone…

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them marks the screenwriting debut of J.K. Rowling, author of the beloved and internationally bestselling Harry Potter books. Featuring a cast of remarkable characters, this is epic, adventure-packed storytelling at its very best.

Whether an existing fan or new to the wizarding world, this is a perfect addition to any reader's bookshelf.

Review:
For those who don’t know me, here is a random fact about me: I have an academic degree in cinema, and my biggest dream is to become a film editor. For that reason, one of my courses in the College was Screenwritting. This book, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay is more a literary adaptation than the real scrip from the movie. A screenplay has NEVER, and I really mean NEVER (doesn’t matter if it’s for TV show or a movie), camera directions – that’s the director’s job –, which this book has; the script should always allow the director’s creativity to flow. This book is not the text used in the production, and all those camera directions make sense here, because it’s a literary book, in which the reader must feel inside the story and see what the writer wants us to see. That is the reason why most of the published screenplays are like this: the text directs our imagination.

Having this said, J.K. Rowling is Queen and reading this was as magical as watching the movie. I loved the movie (and you can read my review here) and I loved this book, since reading this helped me to notice some details that weren’t so explicit in the movie. Any Potterhead will want to have this book on their shelves, not only because it's extraordinary, having in mind all Harry Potter universe, but also because Fantastic Beasts has an amazingly beautiful cover. This is, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful books I ever have seen.

I read it in English, because I couldn’t resist when I saw the discount in BookDepositoru, but if you want to have in Portuguese, Editorial Presença already revealed its publishing date for Monstro Fantásticos e Onde Encontra-los: O Argumento Original do Filme - 02nd February 2017!